The pain and despair that he had suppressed for so many years all came howling out with his cries. Slowly, Mu Northson regained his faculties and let go of Ji Ning. "Senior apprentice-brother, I'm fine now. I wasn't able to control myself just now; I made a fool of myself in front of you."
"We're brothers; why say such things?" Ning looked towards Northson. "Junior apprentice-brother, tell me – what happened?!"
"Nothing." Northson shook his head. "What was to happen already has."
Northson looked at Ning. "Senior apprentice-brother, how did you get here? This is a forbidden region that is tightly guarded; not even Celestial Immortals can barge their way inside."
